We were meeting in a large conference room at Recology
before the tour to talk about safety and what we would be seeing because once
inside the facility it would be too loud for Jennifer to be heard.… More

“What colors? What fragrance?” asked Vivian Darst when a customer
walked into her shop The Flower Lady on Eastlake Ave. saying he wanted to spend
$45 on a bouquet. There was a brief discussion of roses before she headed into
the cooler full of flowers.… More

There are many gems on Lake Union, but one that mostly locals know about (and fiercely protect) is about to disappear. It’s the floating sidewalk adjacent to the Fairview bridge that is itself adjacent to the historic City Light Steam Plant building. … More

Owners of the Cortina, located at the opposite southern corner from Serafina, at 2001 Eastlake Ave., have submitted plans to the city to tear down the two buildings that make up the 1957 22-unit apartment complex, according to a May 21 Seattle Daily Journal of Commerce article.… More

Last Saturday’s Eastlake Hub drill simulated a “Seattle Fault” 6.7 magnitude earthquake and a four-foot seiche on Lake Union, which is not a tsunami but is a lot of violent sloshing back and forth in the lake’s basin.

“We’re assuming the worst,”’ said Jess Levine, Eastlake Hub’s Public Information Officer for the day.… More

As a 20-year inhabitant of Eastlake, the roar of seaplanes
flying overhead has become a familiar and even comforting sound. But emerging technology could make those overflights
much quieter, and a lot more sustainable.

Electric airplanes powered by batteries are beginning to
appear. Harbour Air, which partners with
our own Kenmore Air on daily flights between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.,
announced plans to convert
its fleet to all electric.… More

According to the Daily
Journal of Commerce, the 1968 Roanoke Terrace Apartments at the corner of
Eastlake Ave. (2600) and Roanoke St., across from the tennis courts, recently
changed hands for just under $6.8 million.

Don’t worry; it’s not a tear down, but the new owners, Shilshole Development, do plan to renovate the four story, 16-unit structure.… More

A centerpiece development for Eastlake is receiving a lot of excitement and pushback from the community. It will replace two buildings at corner of Louisa St. and Eastlake Ave., the strip mall that houses the Mammoth bistro and the retro SPRAG office structure next door.… More

It’s one of the most significant buildings in Eastlake, yet it is easily overlooked, lost amidst the newer, larger buildings surrounding it.

But I remember riding in the car as a kid with my parents and wondering if one of the many bridges we always seemed to be crossing over would be the one with the castle at the end of it, hoping it was.… More

According to today’s Daily Journal of Commerce, Hamlin Place apartments at the corner of Hamlin and Franklin (2800 Franklin Ave.) sold recently for just under $2.2 million. The corner lot is roughly the size of three or four residential lots in Eastlake, and with residential lots topping out at $1.5 million, the Hamlin sale appears to be a steal.… More